Gaming Talk Descriptions (in numeric order) (count 11)
122..GETTING THE MOST OUT OF GAMING (gaming)(90 min) ACC 207-D | Thu 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Justin Lloyd, Kurt Miller, Chris Weber(M)
How to make your gaming experiences fun and enjoyable for yourself and the other players. Panelists also discuss their favorite games and any new games you should know about.
238..DESIGNING FANTASY ROLE PLAYING GAMES (gaming)(90 min) ACC 201-B | Thu 02:30 pm
Speaker(s): David Cake(M), Walter H. Hunt, Kurt Miller, Steve Jackson
Gamers, writers, and artists who have designed popular FRP games discuss what it takes to create an interesting, playable game.
391..WORLD OF WARCRACK (gaming)(90 min) ACC 212-A | Fri 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Raph Koster(M), Mike Stemmle, William B. Fawcett, Justin Lloyd, Scott Campbell
Massively Multiplayer Online Games have long been popular but none have ever been as popular as World of Warcraft. (At its height, "Everquest" had fewer than one million subscribers; WoW has about six million.) Why are these sorts of games popular and what is it about WoW that makes it king?
543..ROBOT-MANGA-WARRIOR-PIRATE-FIGHTING (gaming)(60 min) ACC CSP | Fri 03:00 pm
Speaker(s): Stef Lancaster, Elvis Elder, Simone van Zyl, Max, James Bacon, Lara Collins
The difficulty of operating a Space Mech can never be underestimated; here we offer the cheapest adventure imaginable pitting Mech-Warrior against Mech-Warrior where YOU are inside and in-control of the Mech using your available weapons to destroy your opponent. Only the most violent will win !!!
629..LIVE ACTION ZOMBIE QUIDDITCH - HOGWARTS VS. PIRATES (gaming)(30 min) ACC CSP | Fri 05:30 pm
Speaker(s): Stef Lancaster, Elvis Elder, Simone van Zyl, Max, James Bacon, Lara Collins
You'll lose your head if the Quaffle hits it! A Live Game of Qudditch, dressed as Zombies (come to the panel before this one to become undead and bloody!)
662..DESIGNING INTERACTIVE GAMES (gaming)(90 min) ACC 207-C | Sat 10:00 am
Speaker(s): Mike Stemmle, Justin Lloyd, Scott Campbell, Nick Sagan
What makes for an addictive computer game? What is there about Doom or Halo that made you waste countless hours playing? Game designers discuss what they do.
710..IS THERE TOO MUCH VIOLENCE IN COMICS, ANIMATION, AND GAMES? (gaming)(90 min) ACC 205-B | Sat 11:30 am
Speaker(s): Christopher Young, Jamie Alan Sims, Simon R Green, Kurt Miller(M)
Where should we draw the line? Who should draw it?
727..LIGHT SABRES VS. CUTLASSES (gaming)(60 min) ACC CSP | Sat 12:00 am
Speaker(s): Stef Lancaster, Elvis Elder, Simone van Zyl, Max, James Bacon, Lara Collins
So! Darth Vader vs Jack Sparrow - you think Darth will win??? We show you how to make light sabres and cutlasses, and then see who has the best swordsmanship skills as we fight on planks.
842..THE ROLES OF THE GAME MASTER (gaming)(90 min) ACC 205-A | Sat 04:00 pm
Speaker(s): Jamie Alan Sims, John Mansfield(M), Walter H. Hunt, Kurt Miller
Is it just coming up with sneaky traps for players? That seems like a good way to get people not to want to play in your games. What should a good Game Master do to make the game fun for everyone? (And have them not hate him for devising a trap that killed their character.) How much work does it take to be really good at it?
873..SPACE PIRATE CRASH TEST DUMMIES - SPACE SHIP DESTRUCTION!!! (gaming)(30 min) ACC CSP | Sat 04:30 pm
Speaker(s): Stef Lancaster, Elvis Elder, Simone van Zyl, James Bacon, Lara Collins
Yesterday you designed and started making your own spaceship, today we finish building them and then CRASH them!!! Yes, it's all about destruction now - who's space ship will perform the test crash into the obstruction WITHOUT splattering it's "pilot" all over the cockpit, and who's space ship will make the BIGGEST mess of it's "pilot"???
874..LEGO PIRATE AND SPACE MECH GAME (gaming)(60 min) ACC CSP | Sat 05:00 pm
Speaker(s): Stef Lancaster, Elvis Elder, Simone van Zyl, Max, Steve Jackson(M), James Bacon, Lara Collins
We create a game using Lego Pirate ships and Mechs who battle one another.